TToTM
I am so proud of you!!! Your first opening electronics shift and you did so well!!! Thank you thank you for texting me with questions and making sure you did everything ok, you're awesome and thanks for letting me "train" you in electronics during your normal cart attendant shifts lol We really need people who can cover shifts (and listen to me because no one listens to ol Kaitii)
this is a guy who has 0 sales floor experience and never touched a zebra or pda or anything
look at his ink aisle super zone he did so well for his first time im so proud of him
TL;DR It's worth it to train a new TM good, I think the benefits it produces besides more pay weigh more in the end.
A lot of members here have advocated against the training of fellow new team members simply because the pay is less. I tried to make the points that it reflects highly, and if actually trained, a co-worker will do just fine. Often, I've walked into clusterfucks in the store mainly due to closing TMs just not knowing what they're doing.
To me, walking into a good opening/closing shift speaks volumes, I would definitely spend a whole shift babysitting someone if it meant them knowing what they're doing, in turn making my job easier, everyone else's jobs easier, and creating more profits and sales for our store which COULD mean, in theory, more hours generated for everyone through customers having more access to product and having a nice organized aisle to pick from. Hell, I'll spend a whole week to do it. Ask me questions, ask me to show you how to do things, ask for my opinions.
Whenever someone not my GSTL took the time to train me I've never been so thankful. I'm one of those guys that just needs to be shown, and then do it myself and I'll remember it like the back of my hand. My gradual transition over into Frozen goods has been 100% easier because of the TMs back there willing to just help me out in whatever way they can. Telling me where items are, how to do pulls, how to backstock, how to efficiently zone Dairy, how to stock milk, how to get rid of milk crates, the daily processes you have to do back in Frozen/Dairy, everything.
They did all that without even knowing I'd be back there, without me even being a trainee officially. I've been here for over a year but this was my first real transition and it was relatively smooth. I've done a few shifts myself back there now, including today and a majority of tomorrow and a few before, and it's been only greener pastures since my first time. Although, having 1 o'clocks just to be told to pull a massive frozen/dairy man CAF around 4:15 and having 5 o' clock pulls come around as well really through me for a loop, that was not a good night for me. Tomorrow will mark the one week anniversary of that night... and I hope I don't have a repeat. But, if I do, I will be prepared. Literally on my toes. Last Wednesday I was so paranoid I was sprinting across the backrooms and running across the coolers to pull as fast as I can and pull as fast as I can so I can be ready for the next set that I feel will be suddenly put upon my shoulders.